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BNP Paribas plans deeper cost cutting at investment bank

French bank cuts 2020 financial targets as ‘extreme’ market conditions dent trading revenues

BNP Paribas plans deeper cost cutting at investment bank
Photo: Photography: Ben Philips

BNP Paribas has pledged hundreds of millions of euros in extra cost cutting at its investment bank, as a difficult year for its trading businesses forced it to trim financial targets.

Reporting its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings on February 6, the French bank said group revenues fell 1.5% in 2018 to €42.5bn. Net profits were down 3% at €7.5bn.

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